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In what way does Shakespeare's The Tempest resist traditional genre
classification?

In what way does Shakespeare's The Tempest resist traditional genre classification-example-1

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Answer: A. It includes humor and mistaken identities, but also suffering and loss.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Tempest was one of Shakespeare's masterpieces because he was able to somehow fit many genres into the play. It included humor, magic, suspense, suffering, loss and mistaken identities.

With these many storylines involved it is difficult to group The Tempest into one specific genre as it had elements that fit in tragedy, romance and even comedy and in so doing, it resisted traditional genre classification.

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